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2012
Estabrooks, C. A., Cummings, G. G., Wagg, A., Bottorff, J. L., Lynch, S. L., Abel, S. L., Bissell, L., Norton, P. G., Robinson, C. A., Lee, J. S., Masaoud, E., Cummings, G. E., Rowe, B. H., Reid, R. C.
Background Changes in health status, triggered by events such as infections, falls, and geriatric syndromes, are common among nursing home (NH) residents and necessitate transitions between NHs and Emergency Departments (EDs). During transitions, residents frequently experience care that is...
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Nursing home administrators’ perspectives on a study feedback report: A cross sectional survey.
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Hutchinson, A. M., Cranley, L. A, Estabrooks, C. A., Norton, P. G., Cummings, G. G., Bostrom, A. M.
Background This project is part of the Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program of research, a multi-level and longitudinal research program being conducted in 36 nursing homes in three Canadian Prairie Provinces. The overall goal of TREC is to improve the quality of care for older...
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2012
Bostrom, A. M., Estabrooks, C. A., Deis, K., Norton, P. G., Cummings, G. G., Hutchinson, A. M., Squires, J. E.
Researchers strive to optimize data quality in order to ensure that study findings are valid and reliable. In this paper, we describe a data quality control program designed to maximize quality of survey data collected using computer-assisted personal interviews. The quality control program...
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Translating and testing the Alberta context tool for use among nurses in Swedish elder care.
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Squires, J. E., Ehrenberg, A., Estabrooks, C. A., Eldh, A. C., Wallin, L.
Background There is emerging evidence that context is important for successful transfer of research knowledge into health care practice. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) is a Canadian developed research-based instrument that assesses 10 modifiable concepts of organizational context considered...
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The Older Persons' Transitions in Care (OPTIC) study: Pilot testing of the transition tracking tool.
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Ertel, M., Bissell, L. J., Cooper, S. L., Reid, R. C., Cummings, G. G., Cummings, G. E., Wagg, A., Rowe, B. H., Norton, P., Abel, S. L., Estabrooks, C. A.
Background OPTIC is a mixed method Partnership for Health System Improvement (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34348.html webcite) study focused on improving care for nursing home (NH) residents who are transferred to and from emergency departments (EDs) via emergency medical services (EMS). In the...
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German translation of the Alberta context tool and two measures of research use: Methods, challenges and lessons learned.
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Behrens, J., Mahler, C, Berger, S., Squires, J. E., Hoben, M., Bär, M., Estabrooks, C. A.
Background Understanding the relationship between organizational context and research utilization is key to reducing the research-practice gap in health care. This is particularly true in the residential long term care (LTC) setting where relatively little work has examined the influence of...
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2013
Stewart, N., Morgan, D. G., Estabrooks, C. A., Norton, P., Squires, J. E., Poss, J. W., Doupe, M., Teare, G. F., Cummings, G. G.
Nursing homes have become complex care environments where residents have significant needs and most have age-related dementia. Building on research by Hirdes et al. (2011), we describe a resident profile in a representative sample of 30 urban nursing homes in the prairie provinces using Resident...
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The influence of organizational context on the use of research by nurses in Canadian pediatric hospitals.
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Kang, S., Squires, J., Estabrooks, C. A., Cummings, G. G., Scott, S., Stevens, B., Hayduk, L.
Background Organizational context is recognized as an important influence on the successful implementation of research by healthcare professionals. However, there is relatively little empirical evidence to support this widely held view. Methods The objective of this study was to identify...
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Organizational readiness for knowledge translation in chronic care: A review of theoretical components.
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Estabrooks, C. A., Ghandour, E. K., Légaré, F., Grimshaw, J., Attieh, R., Ouimet, M., Gagnon, M., Roch, G.
Background With the persistent gaps between research and practice in healthcare systems, knowledge translation (KT) has gained significance and importance. Also, in most industrialized countries, there is an increasing emphasis on managing chronic health conditions with the best available...